Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Dakuku Peterside has labelled Governor Nyesom Wike‘s administration as the worst in Rivers State history.
Peterside stated at a rally in Opobo, the capital of the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area, that no one person, including Wike, can influence how Rivers’ electorate votes in the next 2023 elections.
Over 500 PDP members defected to the APC in the LGA during an event organised by Reevas Progressive Front, a Non-Governmental Organization.
“Rivers people know who their actual leaders are; not those who are currently taking advantage of the difficult economic situation to dupe and convert them into objects of political and financial merchandise,” he stated.
“There is no doubt that the previous seven years have been the worst in Rivers’ career.” The ordinary Rivers man and woman were excluded from governance while those in power benefited themselves, seized the people’s commonwealth, and openly displayed even what they took in front of the people. Rivers people have never had it so terrible.”
“Opobo/Nkoro people are one of the most politically enlightened stocks in Rivers State and no one can deceive us with a Greek gift. Gov. Wike had the opportunity to develop Opobo-Nkoro in the past seven years but did not do it. He preferred to fret away our resources junketing abroad searching for personal relevance that will not add value to Rivers state and her people.”
“We will remind our people how much Wike and his cohorts failed them and why we cannot continue in that trajectory.”
“Nigerians are unanimous that the next election will be about character, competence and service delivery. It will not be about ethnicity. Opobo/Nkoro people know that a competent governor with character they would be proud of, is superior to brandishing ethnic sentiment.
